Back at the June 10 regular meeting of the Higbee board of aldermen, Mayor Ashworth noted that the reasons behind the city selling the lake was that it was “a liability,” as someone could drown there or get hurt, and there are both “drug deals” and “underage parties” held at the locale; that it is “expensive,” citing city maintenance costs, payments made to the county to mow the dam and those made to keep it up to code with the core of engineers, and constant cleaning up after visitors and those who draw graffiti on the bathrooms; and that the moneys accrued from the lake sale could be used to help with grants pertaining to the current city sewer project (They wouldn’t have to raise sewer bills as much, it was noted.), cemetery costs, city street work, main street, restoration, and demolition. A lot of said grants are 10-20 percent matching, it was noted.